Aaron Sorkin is an American writer, director and producer known for his work in film, television and theatre.

For The West Wing, Sorkin received four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for "In Excelsis Deo" in 2000.

On film, Sorkin won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the David Fincher drama The Social Network (2010).

He followed it up with his original play The Farnsworth Invention (2007) and with the stage adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird in 2018 starring Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch.

The latter play ran for a year with Daniels in the lead role and received nine Tony Award nominations.